The Political Economy of Fortune and Misfortune: Prospects for Prosperity in Our Times

by Scott Timcke

Luck greatly influences a person's quality of life. Yet little of our politics looks at how institutions can amplify good or bad luck that widens social inequality. But societies can change their fortune.

Too often debates about inequality focus on the accuracy of data or modelling while missing the greater point about ethics and exploitation. In the wake of growing disparity between the 1% and other classes, this book combines philosophical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529221757
• ISBN13: 9781529221756
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"